The production consortium of F-35 is requesting another 4 Billion $ from Turkey.
The Defence Producrement Agency which runs currently 250 projects does not have the money, so it made a request to the Finance Ministry to cover the additional costs.
If it is granted, Turkey would have commited 14 Billion $ to the F-35.
Due to the increasing production costs, it is anticipated that around 2014 another 8 Billion $ will be requested by the F-35 production consortium, in the bad scenario another 11 Billion $.

As the increasing costs can not be covered from the budget of the Defence Procurement Agency (SSM), the additional would be covered by Finance Ministry.
If Finance Ministry rejects the costs, Turkey will pull out of F-35 Consortium.
The letter to the Finance Ministry to cover the additional costs carries the a recommendation signature of the Army and the Defence Procurement Agency.

Utility Helicopter procurement:
Sikorsky offers production plant in Turkey with 85% of the Helicopter being Turkish components. The contract is about 121 Helicopters, and Sikorsky will buy additional 109 Helicopters from the production line in Turkey to sell to other countries.
Turkey will also be regional maintenance hub for Sikorsky helicopters.
Sikorsky will join the indeginous Utility Helicopter project of TAI (Turkish Aerospace Industries).

If you want in on a deal that will dramatically advance your military, you've got to throw in your chips when the stakes are raised. Think yourselves lucky. Britain will be shelling-out far more than Turkey as we're level one partners.

If you want in on a deal that will dramatically advance your military, you've got to throw in your chips when the stakes are raised. Think yourselves lucky. Britain will be shelling-out far more than Turkey as we're level one partners.

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Britain is about to make deep cuts in the nations defence budget that will affect the countrys security and foreign policy for decades.
(...) Britains defence spending will fall by between 10 per cent and 20 per cent over the next four years.
The army would lose about 20 per cent of its personnel. The navy would have many fewer frigates to help patrol the worlds sea lanes.FT.com / Comment / Editorial - Defence review in danger of sinking

What the armed forces can expect from the defence reviewThe Army:
main battle tanks are likely to be mothballed, as is much of its other heavy armour and artillery. The NAVY:
The navy would like up to 18 new frigates but this could be reduced to just six.The AIRFORCE:
The entire fleet  eight squadrons  of the RAF's two-crew Tornado GR4 strike aircraft, which have been active in Afghanistan, is expected to be withdrawn from service in the bundle of cuts to be announced next week.
The plan to buy an extra 48 Eurofighter Typhoons is also expected to be dropped, leaving the RAF with a total of 160.
The RAF's total aircraft fleet may be cut from 760 to 550 over the next 10 years.What the armed forces can expect from the defence review | UK news | The Guardian

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